Re: [MDOsprey] Possible Parasitic Jaeger at PLSP
George M. Jett (gmjett@erols.com)
Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:26:00 -0500
Kyle
Jim Stasz found a Sedge Wren at Indian Creek wildlife managment area
Saturday. I spent a fair amount of effort and relocated the bird today. I
think there is a pair at the wetland area which is at the location where
Indian Creek and the Patuxant River come together. It is a far walk from
the parking lot but worth it for a county bird. If you go, look for my tape
recorder I lost in trying to get out of the marsh.
George
----- Original Message -----
From: Kyle Rambo <kyle_rambo@yahoo.com>
To: <mdosprey@ARI.Net>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOsprey] Possible Parasitic Jaeger at PLSP
> Greg/Patty et.al.
>
> Speaking of "bullying terns" reminds me of a bird I
> saw chasing terns in the Bay this past Thursday. No,
> not a jaeger, but a Cooper's Hawk -- something I've
> never seen before. It was a great migration weather
> front on Thursday. Besides the thousands of monarchs
> flying south-southeast (and stopping to feed on the
> flowering Marsh Elder), I also observed several
> Cooper's Hawks and Sharp-shinned Hawks flying south
> across the mouth of the Patuxent River from Cove Point
> to Cedar Point.
>
> Schools of breaking fish (blues and rock) have been
> thick at the mouth of the Patuxent this past week, and
> birds were just as thick -- thousands of gulls and
> terns, as Greg says. One Cooper's Hawk, about 200
> yards offshore, turned upriver (northwest) and chased
> a small flock of Common Terns for about 50 yards, but
> was unsuccessful.
>
> Every time the gulls and terns would settle on the
> beach for a rest between feeding frenzies, an adult
> Bald Eagle would fly over -- testing the flock for the
> slow or stupid, but he never made any serious
> attempts.
>
> No jaegers or other unusual birds, but a single Willet
> and a single Black-bellied Plover on the beach -- also
> flushed every time the eagle flew over.
>
> One solitary Buff-breasted Sandpiper continues to
> linger at the PRNAS airfield, but still no American
> Golden-plover.
>
> Kyle
>
> Kyle Rambo
> 24885 Morgan Road
> Hollywood, MD 20636
> (301) 373-5057
> Kyle_Rambo@yahoo.com
>
> --- Greg Miller <hawk-owl@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Howdy All,
> >
> > This was the third jaeger seen in St Marys this
> > fall.
> > I was very surprised this morning to see this dark,
> > subadult jaeger. No hurricanes. No storms. No big
> > winds. There were, however, huge numbers of gulls
> > and
> > terns in the Bay this morning (prob several thousand
> > too far out to ID from land).
> >
> > I will clarify that a Long-tailed would be wishful
> > at
> > best. I just can't rule it out with absolute
> > certainty. Hence the jaeger sp. designation.
> >
> > Here are my notes: It was a very dark individual,
> > roughly the same size or a little larger than a
> > Laughing Gull, showing a minor amount of paleness on
> > the lower belly. The white in the primaries was
> > present, but indistinct in normal flight, but was
> > easily seen when it started bullying terns. The
> > wings
> > seemed narrow and extremely pointed. It's flight
> > was
> > not as deep [I thought] as a Pomarine either. It
> > also
> > lacked the barrel-chested, heavy-bodied appearance
> > of
> > a Pomarine (that every now then makes your heart
> > skip
> > a beat and you think "skua" before you pop back to
> > reality). No tail feather protusions were evident.
> > The bird was only viewed with the aid of binoculars.
> >
> > The careful eyes of George Jett also observed this
> > bird. I was quick to call it Parasitic, but it was
> > George's questioning attitude that made me rethink.
> > So, for the record, jaeger sp.
> >
> > PLSP was very slow this morning (except for
> > mosquitoes). A late Acadian Flycatcher made an
> > appearance at the picnic area. Only one Magnolia
> > and
> > one Blackpoll. I saw a Merlin over the point at
> > 7:15am and a Cooper's Hawk a little later. Several
> > Sharpies passed as we birded. A singal Marsh Wren
> > was
> > present at the pond near the point.
> >
> > Back to work (aargh),
> >
> > -Greg Miller
> > Hollywood, MD
> >
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